Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-01-13

H. 6OlUS up 10 Gu0 NulU6 HOUSE luo OtneT uay
I saw Mrs Cleveland's pet dog "Hector" on
the front steps. Hewas sitting just at the
front of the porte cochere, and he barked lus-
tily as,I came up. A moment later a guard
came out and dragged him in and consigned
him to the steward. This dog has become
quits an important member of the White
House, and he bids fair to make some lively
scenes at the big receptions this winter if he
Is not watched. He is a fat, round poodle,
with hair as black as oiled jet, and with a
body half shaved. At the top of his tail there
is a bunch of black curly hair, and the hair
hangs dow over nis eyes in front. He is an
imported dog, and, like all ~aristocrats, does
not like interference from servants. He did
not go with the guard very willingly to-day,
and l imagine it would nos take much provo
cation to make his sharp, white teeth meet in
the calf of one of Col. Dinsmore's legs
Washington is much interested in cable
street railroads, and the prospect is that be-
fore another congress has begun to sit one
can go from one end of the city to another
without the aid of horses. The street rail-
roads Of, Washington are big monopolies.
Their stock is away up above par, and they
have made fortunes for a number of men.
They are cheap, however, and one can go
from one end OF Washington to another for
hfc SchCS. AL SldSocso pSopioi " III olSh,
and / nave seen Speaker Carlisle
crowd himself up into one corner in
order to give space enough for a colored
girl beside him. and at another time
Stanley Matthews and Justice Harlan pass
ing up the fares for q whole car load of peo-
pie. The Washington herdics are rather a
curiosity in cheap street travel. They are
much larger than those which have been used
in other cities, and they arc in fact finely
finished street cars OH large wheels. They
are cushioned as nicely rs a Pullman car, are
well lighted, and are decidedly comfortable.
One line goes into the fashionable northwest
quarter of Washington, and this is almost al
ways full of noted people. / rode dow yes.
teriay with Edward Everett Hale, and ! go
home every night or so with Senators Vance
and Beck and Librarian Spotford. 1 have
seen Senator Van Wyek hanging to,the door
/ of one of these herdics, his coat tails Tapping
in the breeze and his SLOUGH hat pushed down
over his eyes.
A character of Washington, whom I have
not seen noticed in4the newspapers, is the
mounted page of the Capitol There are a
| number of page<boys in both the house and
| the senate who receive about $3.50 a day for
running the errands of the statesmen. The
| supreme court has two pages and there is a
! page on horseback who carries letters and
messages from the Capitol. to. the great de-
partments and the president. This boy often
| has very valuable documents in his posses
| sion, and he carries them in a pouch which
he has slung by a string around his neck. He
| rides fast and well, and it rather reminds one
Of the days of post boys when he is seen DASH
ing up Pennsylvania avenue. Now he has a
message to carry to the house of Gen. Logan,
now one over to Senator Edmunds, and now
he goes, to the White House with q message
from some Congressman to the president or
| Dan Lamont.
Congress bad a surprise during its last days
before the recess, The Oklahoma land bill
was under discussion, and Representative
| Barnes, of Georgia, had the floor. Before
this Barnes had been noted as the latest man
of the. house He had prided himself on
weighing 800 pounds. and had asserted that
he would not sell a pound OF, his weight for
| $1,000. He had never made a speech, had
not talked or clustered to any extent, and l
think there was an opinion among his fell
lows that lie had more fat than brains. As
soon asehe began TIC speak, however, it was
discovered that he had even more brains than
hei,ai fat. He talked we'll, and created a
decided impression. standing erect, with his
big form thrown well to the front and his
face, much like that of Grover Cleveland,
looking direct into the eyes of Speaker Car
isle. He made one of the best speeches on the
subjectiiniha hand that has yet been made. His
strong voice came forth in good chest tones,
and he demonstrated that he knew how to
speak as well as what to say. Til menu
bers gathered around him while he talked,
and Mt the end of his speech he re-